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re: Research Shows That Many 22yr olds Don’t Know How To Do Basic Household Tasks
Posted on 6/17/16 at 1:22 pm to tke857
Posted on 6/17/16 at 1:22 pm to tke857
Every single thing you listed is something that one can easily figure out for themselves. If someone doesn't know how to clean a fricking oven.. then how do they function?
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Posted on 6/17/16 at 1:22 pm to lsugrad35
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Companies that block internet access have no idea how much productivity they are probably blocking. They should really consider other ways to prevent their employees slacking on the job.
Thank god for the ones who don't. Can you imagine the horror of not being able to get on TD at work?
Posted on 6/17/16 at 1:24 pm to ILikeLSUToo
quote:Maybe it's just unique to the type work I do.
In my experience, it is usually the case that the old farts are behind and especially uninterested in learning newer, more efficient ways of doing things. They perceive their way as the correct way and can't understand why others don't feel the same.
Cause yeah, it seems completely counterintuitive.
quote:Nope.
Public schools really ought to devote more class time to teaching kids how to use a search engine and evaluate the validity/quality of search results.
Everything on the net has equal validity.
Posted on 6/17/16 at 1:24 pm to tke857
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Thank god for the ones who don't. Can you imagine the horror of not being able to get on TD at work?
We both know what a shite job is like...
Posted on 6/17/16 at 1:25 pm to ShortyRob
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Public schools really ought to devote more class time to teaching kids how to use a search engine and evaluate the validity/quality of search results.
I've been citing wikipedia since 2000
Posted on 6/17/16 at 1:26 pm to lsugrad35
quote:Yup.
Companies that block internet access have no idea how much productivity they are probably blocking.
Blocking video is effectively retarded.
I've literally solved organizational problems with the assistance of YouTube. Problems that would have gone unsolved for MUCH longer.
Posted on 6/17/16 at 1:26 pm to tke857
My 10 year olds can:
- Do laundry (use both washer and dryer correctly)
- Load and run dishwasher
- Cook a handful of items (scrambled eggs, grilled cheese, etc) on stove
- Operate lawnmower
- Change Vacuum cleaner bag
They can actually do more than I could at their age (at least without screwing things up). They have friends who are dumbfounded by the toaster.
ETA...while I said change vacuum cleaner bag...they actually dump the canister and clean off the HEPA filter on the vacuum.
- Do laundry (use both washer and dryer correctly)
- Load and run dishwasher
- Cook a handful of items (scrambled eggs, grilled cheese, etc) on stove
- Operate lawnmower
- Change Vacuum cleaner bag
They can actually do more than I could at their age (at least without screwing things up). They have friends who are dumbfounded by the toaster.
ETA...while I said change vacuum cleaner bag...they actually dump the canister and clean off the HEPA filter on the vacuum.
This post was edited on 6/17/16 at 1:28 pm
Posted on 6/17/16 at 1:27 pm to madmaxvol
quote:Wanna frick with a teenager?
They can actually do more than I could at their age (at least without screwing things up). They have friends who are dumbfounded by the toaster.
Ask them to open a can using an electric can opener.
Posted on 6/17/16 at 1:29 pm to ShortyRob
I wonder how many can fold a fitted sheet. I consider that task an advanced household skill.
Posted on 6/17/16 at 1:30 pm to tke857
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According to the Mirror, “one in three admitting they would ‘Google it’ and one in five would log on to YouTube for advice.”
I fail to see the problem here.
Posted on 6/17/16 at 1:31 pm to Spock's Eyebrow
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I wonder how many can fold a fitted sheet. I consider that task an advanced household skill.
I do not, nor will I ever, posses this useless skill
. Sheets don't get folded.Posted on 6/17/16 at 1:34 pm to yoga girl
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I could do all of the domestic stuff when I was 12. I cooked our family dinner pretty often when I was 10.
Same (absent the vaccuum because ours never had bags), and I'm a millenial!
Posted on 6/17/16 at 1:36 pm to tke857
That shows you how bad the baby boomers really were at parenting among other things they sucked at.
Posted on 6/17/16 at 1:40 pm to Womski
My parents were boomers, but I was the 3rd child and they were already not young when they started having children. Most 22 year-olds, I would venture, were raised by gen-xers and taught by gen-xers in schools.
Posted on 6/17/16 at 1:41 pm to lsugrad35
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I do not, nor will I ever, posses this useless skill . Sheets don't get folded.
They do if you care about storing them in a reasonable amount of space and being able to stack things on them.
Posted on 6/17/16 at 1:45 pm to Spock's Eyebrow
quote:frick fitted sheets. Just ball that shite up.
I wonder how many can fold a fitted sheet. I consider that task an advanced household skill.
Posted on 6/17/16 at 1:46 pm to Bama and Beer
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That's what women are for
Posted on 6/17/16 at 1:48 pm to tke857
quote:Better at eating than cooking, so that's a moot point
one in three have no idea how to cook a roast chicken dinner
quote:last time I turned the oven on self clean, I thought my house was burning down
one in five don’t know how to clean an oven
quote:Neato FTMFW
more than one in ten don’t know how to change a bag on a vacuum cleaner
YouTube is an awesome source for learning how to do things. I used it the other day to double check my methods for putting polymeric sand down between my bricks. Manufacturer had a video going through the process
Posted on 6/17/16 at 1:53 pm to tke857
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and more than one in ten don’t know how to register to vote
This is a good thing, wish it were more like 9/10 don't know how.
Posted on 6/17/16 at 1:57 pm to Salmon
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Im not sure how to clean an oven. I assume you just spray some oven cleaner in there and scrub it.
most are self cleaning
shite will often overheat and frick up an expensive circuit board.
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